Concept: Porsche 918 Spyder
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Concept: Porsche 918 Spyder
http://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutpors...&id=2010-03-02
Get fast and eco-furious with Porsche’s 918 Spyder concept: it boasts both a 500 bhp V8 and 218 bhp electric motors, good for a 0-62 of 3.2s, 198 mph top speed, and 94 mpg.
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Not a fan in the slightest.
Building a hybrid exotic is a pointless exercise... in product planning, politics and marketing.
Using the forthcoming hybrid Cayenne as an example, the lithium for the batteries is:
* strip-mined in Canada,
* processed into a battery cell in Japan and
* shipped to Stuttgart for installation.
They aren't using pickaxes to excavate and they aren't using sailboats to ship.
So how green could a production 918 truly be?
Building a hybrid exotic is a pointless exercise... in product planning, politics and marketing.
Using the forthcoming hybrid Cayenne as an example, the lithium for the batteries is:
* strip-mined in Canada,
* processed into a battery cell in Japan and
* shipped to Stuttgart for installation.
They aren't using pickaxes to excavate and they aren't using sailboats to ship.
So how green could a production 918 truly be?
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Last edited by TheOtherDave™; Mar 2, 2010 at 01:01 PM.
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Not a fan in the slightest.
Building a hybrid exotic is a pointless exercise... in product planning, politics and marketing.
Using the forthcoming hybrid Cayenne as an example, the lithium for the batteries is:
* strip-mined in Canada,
* processed into a battery cell in Japan and
* shipped to Stuttgart for installation.
They aren't using pickaxes to excavate and they aren't using sailboats to ship.
So how green could a production 918 truly be?
Building a hybrid exotic is a pointless exercise... in product planning, politics and marketing.
Using the forthcoming hybrid Cayenne as an example, the lithium for the batteries is:
* strip-mined in Canada,
* processed into a battery cell in Japan and
* shipped to Stuttgart for installation.
They aren't using pickaxes to excavate and they aren't using sailboats to ship.
So how green could a production 918 truly be?